Improvement in hoese-eakes



SAMUEL l. MECAY, OF KILLBOURN.E, OHIO.

Leners Peten.: No. 76,932, dated J4pm .21, 1868.

IMPROVEMENT IN HORSE-RAKES.

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TO ALL WHOM II MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL P. MECAY, of K-illbourne, in the county of Delaware, and in the State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Horse Hay-Rakes; and do hereby declare that the yfollowing is a full,lclear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawing and the letters of reference marked thereon. I l

In the annexed drawings, making a part oi' this specification, A represents a suitable frame, strengthened .by the cerner braces c c, and having shafts, B, secured to the front thereof, for the horseor other animal to workizbetween, and guide thel rake, and thereby prevents the krake from working at an angle with the work.

A double rake-head, D D, framed and held together by cross-heads F F, is adjusted' in the frame A, as wiil be hereafter more fully described. The cross-heads F F are cach provided with an S-shaped slot, x, in which work the pins 7*, which hold the double rake-head to the frame. i

Rake-teethff are secured, asshown, in the heads D D. In the heads D D, I secure spurs mvm,vwhch project backward, so that the head may be rocked slightly to overcome inequalities in the ground.

II represents an adjustable lever or handle, which I pivot to the front of theframe A, as Vshown in the drawings. Said handle, H, is made of suitable length, to extend back behind the rake-head D.

Attached to the handle H is an adjustable shoulder, j, for the purpose of holding the rake-head steady, and from turning, as may be desired. The shoulder 7' is made of' a small block, adjusted to. the under side of the handle H, and held in any place desired by means of a loop, embracing said handle, which catches iu one of a seriessof notches on the back or-upper side thereof'.

Attached to the handleII, just behind the rake-head D, is' a small hook, Z, which may be caught beneath one of the teethf, or detached therefrom, at pleasure. 'The hook Z is designed to afford a convenient device forl the operator to turn the rake at any time or place desired, and the shoulderj is for the purpose of holding the rake-head from turning or revolving, as long as may be desired. I i

The double rake-head revolves on the pins or lprojections r r, which work in the S-sh'aped slots :c x, the draught coming at the bottom of the slot :z2 changing from one end to the other end thereof.

Having thus fully described my invention, what Ielaim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is- 1. The handle II, when pivoted to theframe, and provided with an adjustable shoulder, j, and hook Z, for the purpose of regulating the double rake-head D, as and for thepurpose specified.

2. The double rake-head D, provided with S-shaped slots :v z, in the cross-heads thereof, and having spurs m m secured therein, in combination with handle H and frame A, as and-for the'p'urpose specified,

In testimony that I claim the foregoing, I"h ave hereunto set my hand, this lst day of February, 1868.

e SAMUEL P. MECAY. Witn esses z WILLIAM FARnIs, D. R. Ross. Y 

